Typhoid /Enteric fever

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These are caused by infection with salmonella typhi and salmonella paratyphi.The organisms gain access to the body through ingestion of contaminated food,water and milk.Infected shellfishes are occasionally responsible for an outbreak.

Clinical Features of -

Typhoid fever

  • Onset may be insidious

  • Fever as high as 104 degree F temperature

  • Malaise with increasing headache, drowsiness and aches

  • Cough and epistaxis(nosebleed)

  • Constipation may be present

  • Constipation succeeded by diarrhea and abdominal pain

  • Rose-red spot

  • Lathergy

Paratyphoid fever

  • The course tends to be shorter and milder than that of typhoid fever

  • The rash may be more abundant and

  • The intestinal complications less frequent

Sources or Spreading of Enteric Fever:

  • Enteric fever are spread by consumption of contaminated food or water

  • Direct faecal oral spreading /Transmission

  • Spreading also occurs through eating raw fruits, vegetables, fertilized by human excreta

  • Ingestion of contaminated milk and milk products

  • Spread by infected person which contain bacteria

  • Spread through poor hygiene

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